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Kalmbach's "Our EMD Scrapbook" says af the FTs: "Options included dynamic braking and steam generators." (P.51.) The fact EMD offered passenger-only locomotives at the time doesn't rule out the fact that a locomotive principally intended for mainline freight service could also be fitted out for passenger service. The steam-generator option, as stated by the above-cited authoritative source, is pretty direct proof of the point under discussion. And so is the gearing: standard 75 mph gearing was perfectly suited to the North Coast Limited in the Rocky Mountains, and the optional 100 mph gearing for the FT would only have made sense for a passenger application. <br /> <br />The "Scrapbook", at p. 50 also has a builder's photo of the 103, dated 1939, which shows not only the steam-generator vent on the roofs of the B units, but roof-access hatches directly above the "overhang" portion of the carbody.
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